Aviva Butt

Aviva Butt is a writer, screenwriter, and translator. She received her MA from the Department of Semitic Studies of the University of Sydney, Australia. She has published articles in the International Journal of Kurdish Studies on the Kurdish poet-prophet Salim Barakat and the Kurdish biblical prophet Nahum, which can be found on various websites, as can her articles on Mahmud Darwish. She is currently working in consultation with Salim Barakat to translate his novel Sages of Darkness.

Aviva Butt is a writer, screenwriter, and translator. She received her MA from the Department of Semitic Studies of the University of Sydney, Australia. She has published articles in the International Journal of Kurdish Studies on the Kurdish poet-prophet Salim Barakat and the Kurdish biblical prophet Nahum, which can be found on various websites, as can her articles on Mahmud Darwish. She is currently working in consultation with Salim Barakat to translate his novel Sages of Darkness. See less